Adjunct Faculty, Advanced Macroeconomics, Meghnad Desai Academy
Chief Economist, National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Ph.D. (Financial Economics), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
M.Sc (Economics), Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai
M.Sc (Statistics), Department of Statistics, University of Madras, Chennai
B.Sc (Mathematics), University of Madras, Chennai.
Prof. Amlesh Kanekar
Director of Academic Programs, Meghnad Desai Academy
Electrical Engineering - Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)
Worked as Senior Director, Digital Banking Consulting, Oracle Financial Services Software
He has 30 years of experience in Information Technology in the Banking & Finance domain.
His Leadership roles include Global Consulting Head for Digital Banking, Product development head for Digital Banking, Product QA head for Core Banking and Digital Banking, Delivery head for the virtual bank in Japan for Core Banking & Digital Banking
Dr. Shreshti Rawat
Faculty, Econometrics and Advanced Econometrics, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
M.A. in Development Economics from South Asian University, New Delhi; currently pursuing Ph.D. at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research.
Have taught courses in development and public policy for master’s programs at St.
Xavier's College and Sarla Modi School of Economics, NMIMS.
Received L. K. Deshpande Young Labour Economist Award at Indian Society of Labour Economics Conference in 2019.
Shailesh Goregaokar
Visiting Faculty, Mathematics & Statistics, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
Masters in Mathematics and a Masters in Computer Science from IIT Bombay
Worked in the IT industry for almost 30 years before taking up his passion, teaching
His style of teaching is to drill-in concepts in an intuitive way making use of thought-provoking puzzles, examples and class participation
Prachi Ganu
Adjunct Faculty, Finance, Meghnad Desai Academy
Chartered Accountant and a Certified Valuer of Securities & Financial Assets (Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India).
Her Expertise is in Debt Markets, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation.
She brings to the classroom her rich corporate experience being an Executive Director at JP Morgan, India and ICICI Bank.
Ameya Abhyankar
Adjunct Faculty, Finance, Meghnad Desai Academy
B.E, MBA - University of Pune
(CFA) from CFA Institute, USA; Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF) from Fitch Learning, UK; Certificate in Machine Learning for Finance from MLI Institute, UK
Seasoned risk professional with more than a decade of industry experience.
Strong programming background in Python, VBA, and database scripting.
Dr. Anirudh Tagat
Adjunct Faculty, Behavioural Economics, Meghnad Desai Academy
He has a joint PhD from IIT Bombay and Monash University (Australia) and has a MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK.
He teaches Behavioural and Experimental Economics and Public Policy of Development.
He is Research Author at the Department of Economics at Monk Prayogshala.
Sonal Ghanshani
Adjunct Faculty, Machine Learning, Meghnad Desai Academy
She has a master’s degree in Statistics from the University of Mumbai.
Her expertise is in the areas of Predictive Modelling, Data Science and Machine Learning.
Dr. Ishita Ghoshal
Adjunct Faculty, Macroeconomics, Meghnad Desai Academy
Ph.D. Economics, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics.
Assistant Professor at Fergusson College.
She has authored the following publication: Trade-growth Relationship in India in the Pre and Post Trade Agreements Regime (ScienceDirect)
She has co-authored the following publications: Does Domestic Energy Consumption Affect GDP of a Country? A Panel Data Study (De Gruyter)
Arijeet Banerjee
Head Corporate Risk - Wells Fargo - EGS
Masters Degree in Economics, Delhi School Of Economics
Arijeet brings to the classroom his rich corporate experience as:
Managing Director & Head of Corporate Risk, Wells Fargo
Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Global Head, Credit Risk, Deutsche Bank
Research Officer, Reserve Bank Of India
Dr. Atul Patankar
Faculty, Financial Technologies, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
Ph. D. Research Scholar at JBIMS, Mumbai University
MMS – Finance, BE – Instrumentation – Mumbai University.
8 years of experience in the BFS industry and another 20 years in Consulting
Worked with leading global wealth managers, investment firms and banks in US, Canada, UK, EU and Japan.
Dr.Neha Anwar Ansari
Faculty Member, Machine Learning
PhD in Computer Science from Pacific University, N.E.T qualified and MSc in Information Technology
Dr. Ansari brings over a decade of teaching experience to her role. She has also served as a consultant in machine learning and deep learning for various data science firms, enriching her academic insights with practical industry knowledge.
Dr. Ansari's expertise spans across a spectrum of technological domains such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, Big Data Engineering, Cloud Computing, Computer Networking, Information Security Management, SQL & NoSQL Database Management.
Dr. Shatarupa Sinha
Visiting faculty, BioSustainability, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
Institute Post Doctoral Fellow in the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay
Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Cancer biology), The City University Of New York
More than 6 years of experience in teaching Cancer biology, Molecular biology, Genetics, Environmental science and BioImaging at undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
Expertise is in Cancer Biology, Mechanobiology, Cell and molecular biology; passionate about teaching.
Vaishnavi Patil
Teaching Fellow, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
M.Sc. in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.
Have taught courses in Mathematical and Statistical Techniques for Economic Analysis, Econometrics for undergraduate program in D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai.
Prof. Shahid Lone
Adjunct Faculty, International Political Economy (IPE), Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
He has M.Phil. & Ph. D in Political Economy from Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi
He has taught at prestigious institutes like National Institute of Technology, Srinagar and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.
He teaches International Political Economy and Development Economics & Public Policy.
Anurit Kanti
Adjunct Professor, Sustainability, Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics
Senior Consultant- Sustainability Specialist at Capgemini Invent
MA Liberal Arts with a concentration in Environmental Economics, Ashoka University
PG Diploma in Liberal Arts & Leadership (Young India Fellowship), Ashoka University
BSc Economics, NMIMS
Seasoned sustainability/ESG professional with 8 years of experience in sustainability, climate change and environment
Former international-award-winning environmental journalist
Alumni, Global Shapers Community, World Economic Forum
Agenda Contributor, World Economic Forum
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